Summer after the baby

Wow! It's been way too long since I've dedicated myself to my new year goal in 2015. I can honestly say that the year didn't turn out quite like I had imagined. Soon after the new year, I found out I was pregnant and spent the next 9 months developing the sweetest little boy. I was induced and he was born on his due date because of two ultra sounds confirming that there was fluid in his kidneys. We've been working with a specialist and are coming nearer to the end of this mystery of why the fluid is staying around. We've been praying that the fluid will empty all on it's own, but surgery to empty it will not be an uncommon ending. We also said good bye to our first home and have been living in our dream home with a resort style backyard. I couldn't believe that my kids would ever tell me that they are bored playing in our backyard park, but they surprised me within the first month.

Other major accomplishments have been potty training a little girl, getting a baby to sleep mostly through the night by 6 months, watching a little boy blossom through his first school experience, and supporting my oldest as he struggled at a new school. All of my kids have surprised me with their love of God and their desires to do what is right, even when my husband and I would be willing to keep quiet about things. That is not to say there isn't a constant stream of teasing, name calling, and fighting going around. We take the good with the bad over here, although we enjoy the good a lot more, as we should.

As my week comes to an end, I am told to expect temperatures of 120. Wow! Thank you Valley of the Sun for giving me the best of the best when it comes to summer heat. Luckily, we had an AC guy come out and tune up our units just like the rest of the residents here. He was booked, but just happened to have 20 minutes when we called him. Best twenty minutes of security of my life, since I have had the AC go out in the middle of summer before. Not fun. Although, I appreciate not being pregnant this summer. It's a rough life even if a pool is within reach every day.

Well, I've always been a terrible journal writer, which is why I'm not surprised a pregnancy and a newborn have kept me from writing on here. Again, I just hold tight to my testimony of God and his love for me, whatever else happens is just a part of life and I can only hope to grow from it. Have a lovely day!
-Michelle